More sprouting seeds have been recalled because of possible contamination with Salmonella or E. coli.
The seeds are sold under the Country Creek LLC’s Country Creek Acres brand and the Francisco Family Foods brand.
Neither company has posted a recall notice and the Food and Drug Administration has not issued a news release. Rather, the FDA listed the recalls in its Enforcement Report under the codes Event 100206 for Country Creek LLC and Event 100236 for Francisco Family Foods.
It is not clear from the Enforcement Report entries whether the recalled seeds are related to a 16-state outbreak of E. coli and Salmonella infections. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the outbreak was over on Nov. 9.
The entries on the Enforcement Report give the product, the package size and the reason — possible E. coli and/or Salmonella contamination — and for code information say there is none. They do not yet carry a recall initiation date, a quantity, a distribution area or a classification.
The outbreak began with sprouts. Everything Sprouts LLC of Minnesota recalled its Calco and Everything Sprouts alfalfa sprouts on Aug. 22 and added Robust Radish Sprout Mix on Aug. 28. FDA’s traceback then reached the seed, lot SAL2-24JB, which the still-unnamed seed supplier recalled in late August. The seed lot carries a use-by date of Dec.31, 2029.
Other companies that recalled products related to the outbreak or from the implicated seed lot were: LEASA Industries sprouts in Florida on Sept. 4, Todd’s Seeds on Sept. 11, and Berlin Seeds of Ohio on Sept. 12.
